A Delivering Journey

As if life wasn't crazy enough, I have shingles now... Thursday night, I noticed I had a bump on the back of my head. I didn't think anything of it at first because I thought it was just a pimple or something? I don't know... Later that night, as I was laying in bed I noticed that the bump really hurt since I was laying with the back of my head on the pillow. I decided to ignore it and tried to go to sleep. The next morning, I got up and the bump felt HUGE! It was definitely a big knot at that point. Not having hit my head or anything, I couldn't figure out what it was! So I started feeling the back of my head and I noticed that there was a second bump starting to form. I immediately knew what it was. Back when I was 16, I had shingles on the back of my head and they were AWFUL! Back then, it also started with a mysterious knot on the back of my head. By the time it got big enough to be alarming, I went to the doctor, but it was too late. The bumps/blisters had ...

If anyone has been on Pinterest for any significant amount of time, you've probably seen a TON of things about coconut oil, right? Yes. You've probably seen something that looks kind of like this: Well, I think you all know how I feel about coconut oil ...I'm totally willing to try ANY coconut product as well as alternative uses for it! So, I broke out my jar of extra virgin coconut oil (EVCO) and decided to try the one about softening hair and clearing your skin... I should have known better, really. I have SUPER sensitive skin that is very temperamental, but I figured this would work because 1. it's natural, and 2. so many things have sworn by it! I want to hurt whoever started the rumor that EVCO is good for "clearing skin". It may work for you, but here's what happened to me... I BROKE OUT - majorly. Not just the little, unnoticeable pimples, either! I had those miserable, deep ones that HURT! It was so awful! Not only that, but I used it...

I got to spend Valentine's Day with the love of my life, and it was perfect! We had to go out of town because Randy had a conference to go to on the 15th, so I went with him and we celebrated Valentine's Day Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday! SO awesome! I love that man SO much! Here are some pictures from our trip... We also went to an AMAZING botanical garden! We loved it!  Randy and I both love flowers/plants/gardening, so this was really special. This picture and the one below were at the Japanese Garden. Randy took me to a Japanese Garden as part of our first date! So we just HAD to see this one! Then, we had THE BEST pizza I have ever eaten in my life! WOW! I love my sweet husband SO much! He is the best!!! Here's the card I got him (minus the handwritten message).  For the record, I believe in loving ALL year long, but it is nice to have one day (or a few days in our case) where we celebrate it a little bit more...

Oh! Hey there! Sorry it has been forever since my last update! Life is ridiculous right now, as you might expect. Alright, I guess I'll break this down into categories... Hospital: The day I was admitted. The little hair buns were so my hair stayed out of the way of the electrodes and it helped when it came time to dissolve the glue! The hospital was a crazy experience. I was there for the full 5 days and I only got to sleep for 8 hours between Monday at 7am and Friday at 2am. You have never felt true exhaustion until you have been awake for 26 hours after having slept only 7 hours total in the previous 3 days. What's even worse was they only let me take a 1hr nap at that point. I seriously almost cried. Actually, I think I did cry...That was Thursday afternoon. It was rough. It didn't help that every day, at least twice a day, they were making me hyperventilate for long periods of time and flashing crazy strobe lights in my eyes. NO FUN! They finally le...